Hombre lanza piedras a una patrulla y luego huye a pie de la policía de Tucson

Procedente de PoliceActivity, trata sobre un incidente crítico del Departamento de Policía de Tucson en el que un hombre fue declarado fallecido tras un encuentro con agentes el 4 de abril de 2026. Según la información proporcionada, el hombre se acercó primero a los agentes durante una llamada no relacionada, después llamó al 911 para informar de que lo seguían y más tarde se reportó que lanzaba piedras a vehículos en Miracle Mile. Un segundo agente utilizó una pistola táser para detenerlo, y luego se prestaron primeros auxilios antes de que llegara el personal de bomberos de Tucson. El Equipo Regional de Incidentes Críticos de Pima fue activado para la investigación. Se acredita la fuente original.

• Investigación de una muerte en un incidente crítico de la policía de Tucson el 4 de abril de 2026
• Reportes de lanzamiento de piedras a vehículos en Miracle Mile seguidos de una persecución a pie
• Uso de táser para la detención; se prestaron primeros auxilios antes de declarar el fallecimiento

* (Disclaimer: The content in this video is intended for educational and informational purposes only) Tucson, Arizona — On April 4, 2026, the Pima Regional Critical Incident Team was activated at approximately 8:00 p.m. for a Tucson Police Department critical incident death investigation in the 1000 block of West Miracle Mile. Prior to this incident, at approximately 7 p.m., two Tucson Police officers were approached by an adult male while on an unrelated call for service in the 4000 block of North Oracle Road. During the interaction, the male made several unusual statements to the officers. However, none were criminal in nature. The male then left the area on foot. Moments later, the same male called 911 to report that he was being followed and threatened and was now near the 3300 block of North Oracle Road. Given the nature of the concerns reported, the call was dispatched as a welfare check. A patrol officer responded and made contact with the caller, later identified as 40-year-old Jesus Tapia. Tapia briefly spoke with the officer and did not request further assistance. He then continued walking west toward Miracle Mile. The officer cleared the area and returned to patrol, but was soon flagged down by a passing motorist, reporting that someone was throwing rocks at vehicles. That officer responded to the 800 block of West Miracle Mile where he encountered the male throwing rocks. The officer recognized Tapia and requested additional officers to assist. Upon officer's arrival, Tapia produced a box cutter and attempted to evade officers. Officers repeatedly ordered him to stop throwing rocks and to drop the box cutter, but he did not comply. Neither the taser deployment nor the pepper ball deployment was effective. Tapia then continued to run west on Miracle Mile away from officers. Tapia continued fleeing from officers toward an occupied business while still armed with a box cutter. Recognizing the potential threat to the business and its occupants, officers repositioned to prevent him from entering the store and closed vehicle traffic on Miracle Mile. At approximately 7:15 p.m., a second officer deployed his taser, enabling officers to take the suspect into custody. Officers immediately rendered aid to Tapia for his injuries, including applying tourniquets to his arms to control the bleeding until personnel from the Tucson Fire Department arrived and continued life-saving measures. Despite these efforts, the suspect was pronounced deceased prior to arrival at the hospital. A TPD officer sustained minor abrasions to his hand during the incident. No other injuries were reported. 🚨𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠. ⚠️𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡.⚠️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Special